Tag: California spotted owl

January 7, 2022

Forest management in spotted owl habitat pays off

Forest management to reduce fuels in California spotted owl habitat not only decreases the risk of severe megafires – it can also benefit the declining species in the long run....

February 12, 2020

Researchers call for protections for California spotted owl

As invasive barred owls encroach on California spotted owl habitat in the Sierra Nevada, researchers say there’s a narrow window to deal with them before their populations explode. Their growing...

February 4, 2019

Great gray owls unfazed by California megafire

After California’s Rim Fire burned through Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest in 2013, managers wondered what impact it had on wildlife in the region. The 104,000-hectare fire was...

November 4, 2016

California spotted owls prefer protected areas

To understand which characteristics of forests California spotted owls prefer, researchers determined it was important to take a look back in time. As part of a study published in The...